菌根细菌的甘氨酸酸酶LamH使囊中阿拉比诺曼南的释放成为可能,并刺激生长

Aaron Franklin1, Abigail J Layton1, Todd Mize1

  • 1School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., B15 2TT.

概括

研究人员发现了LamH,LamH是一种酶,对于从细胞中输出菌根性脂氨酸 (LAM) 和脂氨酸 (LM) 至关重要. 这种酶对于Mycobacterium结核病在巨细胞和细菌生长阶段过渡中的生存至关重要.

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